Results
Information was collected on socio-economic condition and reproductive history of all of the identified pregnant women with fundal height ,22 cm in the study area (n = 611). It allowed a comparison of characteristics between pregnant women who were included in this study (n = 214) and those who were not (n = 397). These two groups of women did not differ for any of the characteristics including age, fundal height, socio-economic status and infestations with intestinal parasites. The only difference between the groups was in mean parity, which was higher in the women included in this study (2.2 vs. 1.8, P=0.05).